The Process of Development Activities (5cr)
Code: BG00BD76-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.09.2018 - 30.09.2018
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.09.2018 - 30.05.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Virtual portion
- 3 cr
- RDI portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Development and Management of Social Work and Health Care
- Teachers
- Tanja Hautala
- Marja Toukola
- Hilkka Latva-Somppi
- Mari Salminen-Tuomaala
- Course
- BG00BD76
Objective
Students analyze their need for information and know how to use library and information services and other sources of information in their field. Students are familiar with the systematic information seeking process and they know how to evaluate and apply the information. Students are able to plan and implement processes in research and development. They can justify the points of view they have taken.
Content
Evidence baced action and data search
Types and kinds of information
Evaluating information
Conceptualizing information seeking problems
Sources of information and databases
Reading, using and writing references
Stages of development work: planning, realizing, evaluating and implementing.
Materials
Toikko, T. , Rantanen, T. 2009. Tutkimuksellinen kehittämistoiminta. Tampere. Tampere University Press.
Heikkinen, H. , Rovio, E. , Syrjälä, L. 2006. Toiminnasta tietoon. Helsinki. Kansanvalistusseura
Seppänen-Järvelä, R. , Karjalainen, V. 2006. Kehittämistyön risteyksiä. Helsinki. Stakes
Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. , Kankkunen, P. 2012. Tutkimus hoitotieteessä. Sanoma Pro Oy
Pietilä, A.-M. , Länsimies-Antikainen, H. (toim.) 2008. Etiikkaa monitieteisesti. Pohdintaa ja kysymyksiä. Kuopion yliopiston julkaisuja F Yliopistotiedot 45. Hoitotieteen laitos.
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussion, independent work
Student workload
5 cr = 40 hours of contact time and 90 hours of independent work
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Satisfactory 1-2:
Students are familiar with systematic information seeking and with important national and international sources of information. Students know how to describe the stages of a development process and how to implement it.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Good (3-4):
Students know how to seek information from most databases and how to read them critically. Students know how to compare and implement development processes, justifying their choices.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Excellent (5):
Students are aware of reliability factors concerning existing information. They are able to critically evaluate national and international research and to form an overall picture of data.
Students evaluate and analyze development processes and their own contribution.
Qualifications
No previous studies are required